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A case of hantavirus has been reported in China. Here’s why you shouldn’t worry.
Reports of a person in China dying due to a virus called hantavirus have spread panic at a time when the world is battling the pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China. The novel coronavirus has killed over 16,000
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Tsunami warnings after magnitude 7.8 quake off Russia’s Kuril islands
U.S. authorities put out tsunami warnings on Wednesday after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off Russia’s Kuril Islands, but meteorological officials in Japan issued no alerts, although they said there might be slight tidal changes. The U.S. National Oceanic
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New York coronavirus cases explode; Trump calls outbreak ‘great national trial’
NEW YORK: New York state suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, as California warned it could be next to face a spike in cases.
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Coronavirus forces New York City schools into daunting experiment with teaching from afar
NEW YORK: Apartment floors, kitchen counters and unmade beds became makeshift classroom desks on Monday as most of New York City’s 1.1 million public school students began their first day of remote learning, confined to their homes by the coronavirus
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Lockdown: Nursing homes in Spain a vector for deadly coronavirus
MADRID: Death arrived slowly at the nursing home where Chelo Megia works. Then it was everywhere. On March 11, a Wednesday, Megia still thought the Residencia Nunez De Balboa in central Spain, where she had been an auxiliary nurse for
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U.S. states, cities desperate for coronavirus help, military prepares
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: Several more U.S. governors on Monday joined the procession of states ordering millions of Americans to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, while President Trump signaled he’s considering a move in the opposite direction.
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Working from home triggers demand for chips, laptops, network goods
SEOUL/TOKYO: With more employees working from home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, demand is surging for laptops and network peripherals as well as components along the supply chain such as chips, as companies rush to build virtual
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Australians under strict lockdown, cruise ship with sick passengers denied entry
SYDNEY: Australians began living under strict new lockdown rules today, as coronavirus cases topped 1,600 and authorities denied entry to a cruise ship carrying hundreds on board complaining of respiratory illnesses. As new restrictions closing non-essential services came into effect,
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Coronavirus forces states to order nearly one in three Americans to stay home
NEW YORK : Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana and Delaware became the latest states to enact broad restrictions, along with the
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Italy coronavirus deaths at 5,476 after 651 rise
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued its relentless rise in Europe on Sunday with Italy announcing 651 dead in one day, bringing its total to 5,476. It was an increase of 13.5 percent but down from Saturday’s figure when 793 people
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